[This obituary was printed in J. Marvin Hunter’s Frontier Times Magazine, Feb., 1931]

Major W. M . Green, commanding the Texas Ex-Rangers Association, died December 23, 1930, at his home in Colorado, Texas, following a stroke of paralysis. Major Green was born in Hill county, Texas, in 1854, and served with the Texas Rangers in 1871 and 1872. He took the lead in organizing The Texas Ex-Rangers Association, which body was perfected at Weatherford in 1920. He was elected to the position of major commandant which place he held until his death. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Homer of Lamesa and Ocie of Colorado; three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Harding. of Vincent, Mrs. Burt Smith of Colorado and Mrs. Roy Smith of Odessa.